or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. tonight, several developing stories. the coronavirus hits record highs. the stunning images tonight. the supreme court dealing the president a blow on his financial records. and the tropical storm just named as we come on. warnings already up in the east. first, the virus tonight. and the hot spots. arizona now considered one of the world's largest hot spots. 34% of those tested now positive for covid-19. tonight, the families lining up since midnight last night. family members in their cars, including an 80-year-old grandmother in her mask, waiting for hours. the governor, who has not been seen in more than a week, just holding a news conference, and what he said. the stunning numbers tonight and how closely they're connected to states that decided to reopen early. and ten states now setting records for hospitalizations. the historic decision from the supreme court today about president trump's financial records.

justices rejecting his claim of absolute immunity, essentially ruling the president is not above the law. the president's hand-picked justices siding with the majority. and chief justice john roberts writing the president is neither absolutely immune from state criminal subpoenas, nor entitled to a heightened standard of need. but will the public see the records before the election? and the president now responding tonight. the newly released transcripts this evening in the police killing of george floyd. floyd telling police "i can't breathe" more than 20 times. and what one of the officers said back to him. and the painting of the words "black lives matter" on fifth avenue right here in new york city in front of trump tower. abc news obtaining audio in the police shooting of breonna taylor. her boyfriend describing the moment officers broke down the door and why he fired his gun. a police sergeant describing his version of what happened. the desperate search tonight for a well-known actress and mother. her 4-year-old son found alone on the boat. what we're now learning.

and just in tonight, that tropical storm named before we came on the air. warnings up along the east coast. the carolinas and then traveling into the northeast. we'll time it out for you. good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night. we do have a lot to get to. the supreme court and that blow to president trump. he is responding tonight. that tropical storm just named. warnings just up in the east. but we are going to begin with the coronavirus, because this is a worsening situation with cases now rising in 36 states. ten states seeing record hospitalizations. and take a look at this graph tonight. we took note of it from "the new york times." the steep increase in cases since reopening. florida up 1,300% in a matter of weeks. arizona up 858% in cases. south carolina, up 999%. texas, 680%. georgia up 245%. many of these states opening early. some skipping the guidance, the steps from the president's own

team. and the numbers tonight. more than 3 million confirmed cases in the u.s. nearly 133,000 lives have now been lost. nearly 900 more lives lost in just the past 24 hours. florida's hospitals tonight under stress. you're going to hear from the nurses now describing loved ones dying alone. in arizona, 1 in 3 people being tested are testing positive. and look at this line, it formed overnight at midnight. families in their cars waiting for hours just for a test. the mayor of phoenix saying, we're in a crisis, we need more resources. and the governor of arizona, who has not addressed the public in more than a week now in that hard-hit state, speaking just moments ago. and so, we begin with matt gutman leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, in car after car, the nation's covid testing crisis on full display in phoenix. a public health failure stretching as far as the horizon. moments ago, arizona's governor saying -- >> today, there's a new executive order that will limit

indoor dining to less than 50% occupancy. you want to be in places where you can limit the number of people. >> reporter: three generations of keona cole's family in that line before 1:00 a.m. is it worth spending a night in a car with an 80-year-old? yes? >> i say yeah. >> reporter: yeah? >> yeah, because it's our lives, you know? and the lives of our families that we have to protect. >> reporter: people started lining up here before 1:00 a.m., and there's a reason for that. this testing site does not require insurance or an appointment, which is why this line already goes down for miles as fose numbers. the sun belt states that may have reopened too quickly, arizona, texas and florida. this graph by "the new york times" showing a jaw-dropping nearly 1,400% increase in average daily covid cases in florida compared to when the state reopened about two months ago. dr. anthony fauci warning states with severe outbreaks should seriously look at shutting down,

telling fivethirtyeight's podcast-19 that some opened too fast. >> despite the guidelines and the recommendations to open up carefully and prudently, some states skipped over those and just opened up too quickly. certainly florida, i know, you know, i think jumped over a couple of checkpoints. >> reporter: more than a quarter of everyone tested in miami-dade testing positive. icu beds are scarce and patients are dying alone. >> one of the worst feelings of being there is seeing these patients fight for their lives and not having their families near them. >> reporter: in jacksonville, residents and business owners now suing to block the republican national convention from coming to the city next month. ten states setting records for hospitalizations. south carolina's tidelands hospital inundated. >> we're at the maximum we can do. no beds in the icu, no beds in the hospital. >> reporter: last night, we showed you video shot by the associated press. medical staff at a houston

hospital trying to pump life back into this covid patient's ravaged lungs. but they lost her. the woman's daughter says her mother got sick last month, about a week after her husband's funeral. she said many didn't wear masks. late today, president trump falsely claiming -- >> we have among the lowest mortality rate anywhere in the world. >> reporter: but dr. fauci presenting a different reality than the president. >> but as a country, when you compare us to other countries, i don't think you can say we're doing great. i mean, we're just not. >> all right, so, let's get to matt gutman, he's live with us from phoenix again tonight. we can see the cars, the tents there for that testing site behind you. of course, hundreds lining up. but officials say it's not only the tests that they're waiting hours for, but then many people have to wait more than a week for test results, which experts say presents another major problem here. >> reporter: david, testing is the only way that epidemiologists can get an accurate snapshot of what's really happening. but doctors are telling us, the system is collapsing.

now, they've administered well over 1,000 tests here today, but there are hundreds of people who won't make the cutoff. that means they and the folks are going to have to wait, as you mentioned, a week, ten days, two weeks for results, are going to go back to their communities, possibly spreading the virus. david? >> all right, matt gutman. matt, i know you're going to stay on this. the president not seeing eye to eye with his top doctors on the virus. he's also fuming tonight at the justices on the supreme court. tonight, the historic decision from the court about the president's financial records. justices rejecting his claim of absolute immunity, including the two justices he appointed. likely clearing the way for prosecutors to get the president's financial records, but not congress, at least for now. and of course, the other question tonight, will the public see any of this before the election? terry moran at the court again tonight. >> reporter: chief justice john roberts began the court's ruling with a ringing rebuke. "in our judicial system, the public has a right to every man's evidence," roberts wrote. "since the earliest days of the republic, every man has included the president of the united

states." on that point, the court was unanimous, all nine justices rejecting trump's argument that he is absolutely immune from being investigated while in office. roberts declaring the president is not "absolutely immune from state criminal subpoenas seeking his private papers and the public interest in fair and effective law enforcement must prevail." the evidence at issue here, trump's tax returns dating back years and other personal financial records, which both new york prosecutors and democratic-controlled committees in the house of representatives have subpoenaed. within minutes of the ruling, the president firing off an angry, aggrieved tweet. "courts in the past have given broad deference. but not me!" that's not true. presidents richard nixon and bill clinton both tried to block court cases against them, and both lost in the supreme court. like today, unanimously. and today, even justices neil gorsuch and brett kavanaugh, who trump appointed to the court, ruling against him, while offering a slightly different

rationale. justices clarence thomas and samuel alito dissented, but only on what happens next. roberts' rulings sent the cases back down to the lower courts, where trump can try again. but only if he makes far less sweeping claims about presidential power. the white house press secretary seized on that to try and spin a victory. >> so that language made it pretty clear that this was a win for the president. >> reporter: and this afternoon, the president seemed to have calmed down a bit. >> well, the rulings were basically starting all over again, sending everything back down to the lower courts and to start all over again. and so, from a certain point, i'm satisfied. from another point, i'm not satisfied, because frankly, this is a political witch hunt. >> reporter: but cyrus vance, the new york prosecutor investigating trump, calling today's ruling -- "a tremendous victory for our nation's system of justice and its founding principle that no one, not even a president, is above the law." >> so, let's get right back to terry moran, live at the supreme

court again tonight. and terry, while the president was clearly furious all day lofsh long here with the court, it's still highly unlikely that the american people will see the president's tax returns before this election? >> reporter: exactly right, david. under today's ruling, that new york prosecutor, he's likely to get ahold of the trump tax returns, but for a grand jury investigation, and grand juries, they're sworn to secrecy. as for the house committees, they have to, under this ruling, go back to a court and show how the trump tax returns are necessary for them to do their job as lawmakers, that they aren't just harassing trump. the bottom line, as you say, if the public ever sees these tax returns, it's highly unlikely it would be before those elections in november. david? >> all right, terry moran, our thanks again to you tonight. we did take note today that president trump's former personal attorney is back behind bars tonight. michael cohen was taken to jail today after the bureau of prisons said he refused the conditions of his home confinement. he was allowed out of prison over concerns over the coronavirus. his attorney says cohen was, quote, shaken by the decision to send him back. we're going to turn next here tonight to the chilling new

reporting on george floyd's final moments. newly released transcripts of police body cams reveal george floyd said "i can't breathe" 20 times. and what one of the officers then said back to him. abc's alex perez on this story from the start for us. >> reporter: tonight, chilling details. transcripts of body camera recordings revealing what george floyd and the officers charged with aiding and abetting his murder were saying in his last moments. floyd at least two dozen times said he couldn't breathe and used the word "please" nearly five dozen times. officers thomas lane and j. alexander kueng arrived after floyd was accused of passing a fake $20. the moment floyd is approached by the officers, he is apologizing, nervous, he says, because of past experiences with police. "i'm sorry, i'm so sorry." adding, "i got shot the same way, mr. officer, before." when they try to move him to the squad car, floyd tells them he's claustrophobic and reveals he had recently recovered from coronavirus. the documents, filed as part of

a motion in court to dismiss charges against rookie officer thomas lane, who maintains he was just following orders from the man with his knee on floyd's neck, derek chauvin. >> he did not have any knowledge that chauvin was murdering this guy. >> reporter: as floyd complained that he couldn't breathe, chauvin told him, "then stop talking. stop yelling. it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk." some of floyd's last words, the records show, "mom, i love you. tell my kids i love them. i'm dead." david, the judge has issued a gag order for all of the attorneys involved. lane has pleaded not guilty. prosecutors have until august to respond to that motion to dismiss charges. david? >> all right, alex perez. alex, thank you. the message being painted along fifth avenue here in new york city today and right in front of trump tower, "black lives matter." mayor bill de blasio and the reverend al sharpton led the group painting that message on fifth avenue. the mayor saying the city is committed to the meaning of the

message. president trump, who has officially moved his residence to florida, has called the painting of the mural there a symbol of hate. there is also news tonight about the shooting death of breonna taylor in her own home in louisville. is tonight, abc news obtaining audio, her boyfriend describing the moment officers broke down the door and why he fired his gun. a police sergeant describing his own version of what happened. here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: it remains clear tonight that louisville metro police were at the wrong home. and in a police interview recorded just hours after the killing in march, the boyfriend who survived the encounter says that he and his girlfriend breonna taylor had no idea who was trying to break into their apartment. >> i just let off one shot. like, i still can't see who it is or anything. so now, the door's, like, flying open and all of a sudden there's a whole lot of shots. >> reporter: the 26-year-old was a local ambulance technician. the true lifesaver. and was killed when police returned gunfire. you see her boyfriend, kenneth walker, being arrested here, in the parking lot. they tried to charge him with

trying to kill police officers, but those charges were later dropped. in another newly released interview, we hear from the highest-ranking officer who was at the couple's door trying to execute the no-knock warrant. >> and do you remember the name of the target on the search warrant? >> not offhand. >> reporter: his interview happened weeks later and sergeant jon mattingly told investigators he couldn't remember whose name was on the warrant or if police announced who they were when they first started banging on the door. >> you said you guys didn't initially announce. >> no. the first banging on the door, did not announce. i think after that, we did. after that, each one of them had, "police, come to the door. search warrant. police, search warrant." >> reporter: the boyfriend told investigators that one of the officers at the scene approached him while he was in police custody and called what happened a misunderstanding, admitting that they were at the wrong place. none of the officers have been charged. one has been fired. david? >> all right, thank you, steve. now, to the economy and american jobs tonight.

1.3 million american workers filed new unemployment claims last week. the 16th week in a row that that number has been above a million. 18 million americans are now collecting benefits. of course, the coronavirus and how to revive the economy for all families afterward will be front and center this election, and today, former vice president joe biden revealing his plan. here's mary bruce. >> hey, buddy, how are you? >> reporter: joe biden today in the battleground state of pennsylvania, touring a manufacturing plant. and challenging the president on trump's signature issue, the economy. >> donald trump loves to talk and talk and talk, but after 3 1/2 years of big promises, what do the american people have to show for all the talk? >> reporter: biden ripped into trump's response to the pandemic, saying he's making matters worse. >> his failures come with a terrible human cost and deep economic toll.

time and again, working families are paying the price for this administration's incompetence. >> reporter: biden stopping by his childhood home in nearby scranton. >> well, i couldn't come to scranton without coming by the old house. >> reporter: and outlining his plan for an economic comeback, including investing $300 billion in new technologies and $400 billion to power demand for american-made products. a plan biden says will create 5 million new jobs and be paid for by reversing trump's tax cuts for wealthiest americans. and the trump campaign is now firing back, slamming biden's plan and saying he would raise taxes on all americans, but biden says that's not true. the taxes would only go up on large corporations and the most wealthy. david? >> all right, mary bruce on the campaign for us again tonight. thank you, mary. and before we move on, one more key ruling from the supreme court today. a victory for native americans, what many believe is the most significant ruling for native americans in decades. the decision recognizes nearly

half of oklahoma as native american land when it comes to prosecuting crimes by tribal members, because of a treaty from the 1830s. justice neil gorsuch was joined by the four liberal justices. he wrote the u.s. must keep the promises it made to native peoples when they forced them onto reservations. when we come back this thursday night, the other developing headlines. the tropical storm just named before we came on the air. the new warnings up in the east, the carolinas and right up into the northeast. we'll time it out for you. and of course, the search for that missing actress and mother tonight.

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in with money meant for small businesses. the abc 7 i-team finds out that's not the only outrage. we're live with the story. >> it's not enough. we have to do more. we have to do better. >> the governor feels your pain. we're here to help you deal with issues with state unemployment benefits. >> they're just like fancy bracelets. >> a little girl with a big heart and a big fund-raiser to go with it to help keep the oakland zoo from closing forever. >> new at 6:00, the abc7 news i-team digs into how billions of. at a pair dollars intended for small businesses wound up in the hands of big corporations. good evening. thank you for joining us. >> more than 11,000 bay area corporations received funding

through federal paycheck protection program. hundreds stood out for the wrong reasons. stephanie is live the explain. >> reporter: the whole point of this lending program was to help small business that's really needed it. not these major corporations with multi-billion dollar market values. now records released from the sba indicate hundreds of those companies who got the money did not retain any employees. >> there have been some big businesses that have taken these loans. there are severe consequences. >> we've heard the same message time and time again. >> the intercept was for business that's needed the money. >> that didn't happen in the bay area. according to an abc7 analysis, more than 11,000 bay area corporations reported receiving at least $4.9 billion in funding intended for small businesses. >> you will not want the reputation that you will soon get. >> this time it's not their